In design news, French designer Patrick Jouin unveiled his Bloom Table Lamp, a 3D-printed lamp that opens and closes like petals of a flower.

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At some flower-strewn Roman feasts, rose petals were sprinkled on the food, the table, and all over the banquet hall.

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